Muscle size-strength relationship including ultrasonographic echo intensity and voluntary activation level of a muscle group

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 75, Issue , 2018, Pages 185-190

  Akagi, Ryota ^a   Suzuki, Momoka ^a   Kawaguchi, Emi ^a,b   Miyamoto, Naokazu ^c   Yamada, Yosuke ^d   Ema, Ryoichi ^a,e  

^a SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS AND SPORTS IN KANOYA   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Joint torque; Muscle thickness; Muscle volume; Plantar flexion

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO INTENSITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERROR; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG LENGTH; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE VOLUNTARY ACTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; AGE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXERCISE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX FACTORS; TORQUE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85040052025     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2017.12.012     Document Type: Article

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